View full sizeClackamas Fire District 1An 80-year-old man was flown from a Beavercreek-area farm today after suffering "substantial" burns to his head, face and hands in a propane explosion. The explosion also killed 200 quails.

Firefighters said the elderly man was in a barn at the Estacada Game Farm at 25395 S. Beavercreek Rd., when he was attempting to light a propane heater hanging form the ceiling. Gas already leaking from the heater trigger the explosion.

Crosoli reportedly was able to turn the propane off after he was knocked off his feet by the explosion. The blast also knocked down a wall and blew out a nearby garage door.